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Tuesday, 1 June 2010

Recently, Ministry of Urban Development published a list of cities ranking on sanitation 2009-2010 under National Urban Sanitation policy. Cities and towns were rated on parameters such as complete elimination of open defecation, elimination of open scavenging, safe collection and disposal of total human excreta.

Here are some interesting points:

> Small towns have fared better than metros> Kanpur, once most polluted city finds place in Top 10> None of the cities is listed under top classification "Green" (which requires city to cross 91 points out of 100)> Only 4 cities are listed under the next best classification "Blue"> Once plague hit Surat has come third in the list (I mentioned about this city in my article Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen)> Karnataka state has more number of cities (5) in Top 25